The open invitation : activist video, Mexico, and the politics of affect / Freya Schiwy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiwy, Freya, author.

Series:

Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Political aspects--Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Digital media.

Mass media and culture--Mexico--History.

Mass media and culture.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--Politics and government--20th century.

Oaxaca (Mexico : State).

Mexico.

Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages).

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Open Invitation explores the relationship between prefigurative politics and activist video. Schiwy analyzes activist videos from the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatista's Other Campaign, as well as collaborative and community video from the Yucatán. Schiwy argues that transnational activist videos and community videos in indigenous languages reveal collaborations and that their political impact cannot be grasped through the concept of the public sphere. Instead, she places these videos in dialogue with recent efforts to understand the political with communality, a mode of governance articulated in indigenous struggles for autonomy, and with cinematic politics of affect.--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822986676

0822986671